The Supreme Court has ruled that the 2nd amendment applies to individual citizens. But how does that affect you? How does it affect the lives of your and your children? Who is packing a pistol? Should you be carrying one too? What you should know before you step out your front door.

If you are anti-guns, or afraid of guns, or just don't like them and don't want them in your house, then this blog is for you.(It might just change your mind)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Support H.R. 4269 - Legal Transportation of Firearms

By NRA-ILA

When Congress passed
the Firearms Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) in 1986, one of the key provisions
of the bill was intended to protect the rights of gun owners to legally
transport their firearms between locations where they are legally allowed to
possess them.

Unfortunately, some local jurisdictions have chosen to ignore federal law and
the courts have upheld these infringements on Second Amendment rights.

H.R. 4269, introduced by U.S. Reps. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), Ted Poe (R-Texas)
and Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) would amend this provision to ensure it has the effect
Congress intended.

Most states have never had a problem with this law. However, both before
and after enactment of FOPA, gun owners have had serious problems lawfully
travelling with their firearms in two states in particular: New York
(especially New York City) and New Jersey. Rather than recognize the
intention of Congress to protect the rights of Americans travelling with
legally owned firearms, these jurisdictions have used overly restrictive state
licensing laws to harass and prosecute travelers.

Many gun owners, for example, have been arrested when trying to check
in with firearms for flights out of New York and New Jersey airports.
But in NRA-supported civil rights lawsuits contesting those arrests,
federal courts have interpreted the law in a way that allows local law
enforcement officials to detain or arrest travelers who make every
effort to comply with federal law, and that deprive the travelers of any
effective remedy after the fact. Many other cases have resulted in
guilty pleas to reduced charges, civil penalties, and delayed travel.
Due to these improper actions, NRA has been forced to repeatedly warn
gun owners that they should avoid using New York or New Jersey airports
when traveling.

The refusal of the authorities in some
jurisdictions to recognize federal law and the failure of the courts to
enforce the provisions of FOPA, makes this legislation necessary.

H.R. 4269 would:

Expand the protections afforded travelers to include "staying in
temporary lodging overnight, stopping for food, fuel, vehicle
maintenance, an emergency, medical treatment, and any other activity
incidental" to the trip.

Put the burden of proof clearly on the state to show that a traveler
did not meet the requirements of the law, rather than allow travelers
to be arrested and forced to raise the law as an affirmative defense.

Make clear that transportation of both firearms and ammunition is federally protected.

Make clear that the right to transport firearms is judicially
enforceable as a federal civil right, with attorney's fees available to
victorious plaintiffs in civil suits, as well as to defendants who
prevail in criminal cases.

Finally,
it's important to note that while the NRA is working to enact a
national Right-to-Carry Reciprocity bill this bill does not achieve
that. This legislation is intended only to provide real legal
protection for people transporting cased and unloaded guns while
travelling.

Please be sure to contact your U.S. Representative and urge him or her to cosponsor and support H.R. 4269.

True Hoplophobia, or the fear of guns, is a mental illness which, like other true phobias, incapacitates its victims with anxiety, shortness of breath, inability to think clearly and rationally. Obviously, we who are fearful of guns and their destructive power don't have true Hoplophobia. But we are still afraid. Why?

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PRO GUN QUOTES

Gun control:The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. - L. Neil Smith

Gun control has not worked in D.C. The only people who have guns are criminals. We have the strictest gun laws in the nation and one of the highest murder rates. It's quicker to pull your Smith and Wesson than to dial 911 if you're being robbed. - Lieutenant Lowell Duckett, President Black Police Caucus, Special Assistant to Washington, D.C. Police Chief

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here? - Paul Harvey, 1994

Suppose the Second amendment said A well-educated electorate being necessary for self-governance in a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed. Is there anyone who would suggest that means only registered voters have a right to read? - Robert Levy, Georgetown University Professor

We should not blame a gun itself for any crime or any acts of violence, any more than we can blame a pen for misspelling a word. - Senator Bennett (R-UT), Congressional Record, 5/16/68

When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President of the United States

PRO GUN CONTROL QUOTES

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.- James Brady

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.- Janet Reno

We need to stand firm on behalf of sensible gun control legislation. We have to enact laws that will keep guns out of the hand of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced persons.- Hillary Clinton

Without stronger, sensible gun laws, thousands upon thousands of people will continue to die and be injured needlessly each year.- Brady Campaign

We don't need any additional gun laws, we need to enforce the ones that we've got!- Anonymous

One third of all households with children younger than eighteen have a firearm-Brady Campaign

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out-right ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here.-Senator Dianne Feinstein

This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!- Adolph Hitler